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As a newbie looking into Real Estate as a way to make money, the more I read the more feel that Leverage and tax advantages are the two main ways to make money in Real estate, otherwise it is like any other busines...
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A study by Corelogic reveals rent rates for single-family homes was up 11% from 2020 to 2021. Cities like Phoenix, Austin, San Diego, Orlando, and Las Vegas saw rates increase over 15% last year.If you rented a house ...
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BP Family,I’ve always loved only handful of things, two of them
are Florida and Real estate, so I want to combine them both. This is a
dream of mine and what I want to pass to my children. I’ve also
done my due ...
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i am a business student at csun and working. I have also just obtained my california agent license. I want to become a real estate investor, using rental property. Where do i start? I was thinking of working for a com...
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Hi BiggerPockets community!
My name is Noah Clark from Poughkeepsie, NY. I am currently living with family in Ridgefield Park, NJ in order to save up money to hopefully get started in real estate investing. I recent...
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Hi everyone!
A couple episodes ago on the BP podcast Brandon talked about fear being the culprit behind people not making any money... because it stops them from taking action. That got to me. So I'm here to get out ...
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I closed on my first turn-key rental property through Rent to Retirement back in October 2024. @Zach Lemaster and his team was super helpful, supportive, and knowledgeable which ensured a super smooth purchasing proce...
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Property insurance roes have got a lot of press as providers pull out of various markets and prices increase. Florida is likely the most impacted, but California has also been heavily impacted.I have not seen anythin...
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I think there is a pretty easy way to lower prices of housing to some extent.. And that is to do away with Mortgage Broker and have all home loans orignated by the direct lender/ Banks..
I personally bought a home i...
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Intentionally triggering headline for this community, I know.
But, hear me out.
The policies that are so obviously destructive in many blue states (rent control, NIMBYsm for zoning, high taxes, regulations, fees) ...